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Regional Steering Committee for the "Sahel Women Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD)" project
26 to
29
February 2024
, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Meeting of
Project Management Unit (PMU)
Coordinators
: 26 to
28
February 2024
Objective
: To prepare
the decision-making instruments for the Regional Steering Committee session
Agenda
Date
Timetable
Activity
Location
Responsibility
and
role
Sunday 25 February
Arrival and installation of foreign delegations
Day 1
: Monday 26 February
Monday 26th February
8.30am – 9am
Arrival and installation of
participants
Lancaster Ouaga 2000
Regional Steering Committee
Organizing
Committee
Opening ceremony
Master of Ceremonies: Ministry of Health/Director
of Communication
9.00am – 9.05am
Welcome address
Burkina Faso Project Management Unit Coordinator
9.05am – 9.10am
Message
West African Health
Organization
(WAHO)
Director
General of the
West African Health
Organization
(
WAHO
)
9.10am-9.15am
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Resident Representative
of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Burkina
Faso
9.15am-9.20am
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
Representative
of the
Economic
Community
of Central African
States
(ECCAS)
9.
20-9
.30 a.m.
World Bank
World Bank representative
09:30-09:40 a.m.
Opening address
Ministry responsible for
the SWEDD Project
Burkina Faso
09.
40am-10
.15am
Coffee break
Session 1:
Presentation of the 2023
results
and
2024
priorities of the countries.
10.15am – 10.20am
Introduction to
session 1
(5min)
Lancaster Ouaga 2000
General moderator
:
UNFPA Mali Representative
10.20 a.m. – 11.20 a.m.
Panel 1
:
Annual report
2023
(15min)
Priorities 2024
(15 min)
Questions and
discussion
(20min)
Summary and recommendations
(10min)
Moderators
:
Côte d'Ivoire PCU
Coordinator
Director
, Regional Technical Secretariat
Countries
concerned:
Benin
Burkina Faso
Guinea
Mauritania
11.25 a.m. to 12.25 p.m.
Panel 2:
Annual report 2023
(15min)
Priorities 2024
(15 min)
Questions and discussion
(20min)
Summary and recommendations
(10min)
Moderators:
Mauritania
PCU
Coordinator
West African Health
Organization
(WAHO)
Countries
concerned:
Mali
Cameroon
Ivory Coast
Chad
12.30 p.m. – 1.30 p.m.
Panel 3:
2024 progress and priorities
(40 min)
Discussion & recommendations
(20min)
Moderators:
Chad
PCU
Coordinator
UNFPA The Gambia Representative
Countries
concerned:
The
Gambia
Senega
l
Togo
1.30 pm – 3 pm
Lunch break
Session 2
:
Girls
dropping out of school and remedial systems
3.00 p.m. – 3.
05
p.m.
Introduction to session 2
(5min)
Lancaster Ouaga 2000
General moderator
:
World Bank
3.05pm-3.15pm
Presentation of the results of the study
on girls dropping out of school
(
10
min)
Cameroon
PCU
Coordinator
3.15pm – 4.15pm
Panel 4:
What measures can be taken to deal with this situation (remediation system)? The case of Benin
(
1
0min)
Discussion &
recommendations
(
5
0min)
Lancaster Ouaga 2000
Panel moderator
:
Burkina Faso
Professor Babacar FALL
, Regional Technical Secretariat
Presenter (Remediation system
) :
Benin
PCU
Coordinator
Countries
concerned:
Burkina Faso
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Mali
Chad
Session
3: Lawyers'
platform
4.20pm – 4.25pm
Introduction to session 3
(5min)
Lancaster Ouaga 2000
General moderator
:
West African Health
Organization
(WAHO)
4.
25pm
– 5.25pm
Panel 5:
Presentation of the activities of the legal
platform
and outlook
(30min)
Discussions and
recommendations
(30 min)
Panel moderator
:
Chair of the Gambia Project Implementation Committee
World Bank
Presenter
:
Côte d’Ivoire
5.25pm – 6pm
Conclusion J1
Lancaster Ouaga 2000
General moderator
:
West African Health
Organization
(WAHO)
Rapporteurs
Day 1
Regional Technical Secretariat
Rapporteurs of the
day:
Benin, Côte d'Ivoire,
Mali
Day 2
Tuesday 27 February
08h30- 09h00
Presentation of the day's report
(15min)
Comments on the report
(15 min)
Lancaster Ouaga 2000
PADS Burkina Faso
Coordinator
Rapporteurs J1
Session 4
:
Revitalizing
the
National
Observatories on the Demographic Dividend (
ONDD
)
9am-9.05am
Introduction to session 4
(5min)
General moderator
:
World Bank
9.05 a.m. to 10.30 a.m.
Case study: Mali
(25 min
)
Presentation of the main
findings
and lessons learned
on the SDOs
(30 min)
Plenary discussion
of the roadmap
and recommendations
(30 min)
Lancaster Ouaga
2000
Moderator:
Togo
PCU
Coordinator
Presenter
1
:
Mali
Presenter
2:
Waly S
ene
,
Regional Technical Secretariat
10.30 a.m. to 10.45 a.m.
Coffee break
Session 5:
Last Mile Distribution
(LMD)
10.45 a.m. – 10.50 a.m.
Introduction to session 5
(5min)
Lancaster Ouaga 2000
General moderator:
West African Health
Organization
(WAHO)
10.50 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Presentation of the results of the regional workshop
(10min)
Discussions on roadmaps and recommendations
(30min)
Presenter
:
Burkina Faso
Panel Moderator:
Regional Technical
Secretariat
Countries concerned:
Benin
Burkina Faso
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Cameroun
Chad
12.30-14.00
Lunch break
Session
6
:
Project performance framework
14h-14h05
Introduction to session 6
(5min)
Lancaster Ouaga 2000
General moderator
: World Bank
14h05-15h30
Presentation of the results framework
(25min)
Technical Assistance evaluation report
(30min)
Discussions and lessons
learned
(30min)
Moussa Bagayoko, Regional Technical Secretariat
Consultancy firm
Session 7:
Retrospective documentation of
SWEDD good practice
and knowledge management
3.30 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Introduction to session 7
(5min)
Lancaster Ouaga 2000
General moderator
:
World Bank
Professor Babacar Fall, Regional Technical Secretariat
Panel 6
Theme
: Community interventions to empower adolescent girls and young women
Guides and Briefs N°3,4,5 and 6
Sub-themes: Safe spaces and husbands' clubs and future husbands' clubs, Curricula and Facilitation (mentors and facilitators)
Moderator
: UNFPA Togo Representative
Presenter
: Burkina Faso, Niger
Discuss
ing
:
The
Gambia
Panel 7
Theme
: Community approaches to empowering adolescent girls and young women
Guides and Briefs
No. 2
, 7, 1 and 13
Sub-themes: Keeping girls in school, Economic empowerment,
Mobilizing
religious and community leaders
,
National observatories for the demographic dividend and gender budgeting
.
Moderator
: UNFPA
Côte d’Ivoire
Representative
Presenter
: Benin, Mali, Chad
Discuss
ing
:
Togo
Panel 8
Theme: Availability of contraceptive products, quality health personnel
Guides and Briefs N°8,9,10,11 and 12
Moderator
: UNFPA
Ma
uritania
Representative
Presenter
: Mauritania, Ivory Coast
Discuss
ing
: Senegal
5.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Knowledge management documentation process
Approach to
updating the
platform.
Presentation of the website
,
the knowledge management
platform,
and the Community of
Practice
program
Present
ers
:
Bayebié
François Bado,
Regional Technical Secretariat
Emmanuelle Landais
Lopez,
Regional Technical Secretariat
Rapporteurs for Day
2:
Cameroon, Guinea, Mauritania
Day 3
Wednesday
28 February
Technical session/Working group:
Finalization
of documents and closure
9am-11am
Discussion
on the priorities of the World Bank's
regional community
organizations
and
UNFPA
in
support of countries
.
Lancaster Ouaga 2000
Moderator
:
Director General of the West African Health Organization (WAHO)
Presenters
:
United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA)
West African Health
Organization (WAHO)
World Bank
Director,
Regional Technical Secretariat
11.00am-12.00pm
Closing ceremony
Summary of work
A word from the PMUs
A word from OOAS/UNFPA
A word from the BM
CRP speech
Closing speech
PCU representative
West African Health
Organization
/
Regional Technical Secretariat
Task Team Lead
Chairman of the CRP
Minister responsible
Late
afternoon
(to be confirmed)
Hearings with national authorities
7pm-9pm
Gala dinner
(
To be specified
)
Country delegations
Rapporteurs for Day
3
:
Gambia, Togo

